The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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Ettterea at me Post Offloe in Temple, Tex,,
Second Class mail matter,
OFPICIiL ORGAN CITY OF TEMPLE.
People are more inclined to
believe the bad than the good.
Just why this is the case we
haye no idea, but no bet'er
proof of its being the fact need
be offered than the prevalence
with which the expert testimo
ny of a doctor declaring a case
to be yellow fever is accepted
oyer the expert testimony of
an equally reputable doctor, de
daring the case to be some oth-
er trouble. It CRnt be that peo-
ple accept the statement of the
existence of the disease because
they want to believe it, for they
certainly would prefer to be-
lieve the other testimony. It
is certainly not to their inter-
est financially to believe the
disease exists when it does not,
if they would take precautions
ry steps warranted by the be-
lief that the malady exists, we
might think it due to tile law
of self-preservation, but no
steps commensurate with such
danger are taken, and we are
forced to abandon the self-pres-
ervation theory; and ub no oth-
er good reason can be assigned
we are lorced to fall back on
the first proposition, that man
naturally prefers to believe a
bad report to believing a good
one. On the same principle an
evil report on an individual
adds speed to wings, so swift
does it fly, but the report of
good deed scarcely gets to the
yard gate before its feet are
beiDg felt. Let the South alone.
Slop trying to get every yankee
in the East to come here and
buy up the harvest before it is
ripe. Let him stay down East
and pick shad bones out of his
bides. We have wealth h-re if
we will develop It aud lake
care of it. The moment the
Yankee gets his Angers into it
he ties up our opportunities
and goes East to return when
he deems it uecessary to draw
oil the resources of the South.
Take the round bale compress,
it is a fortune winuer, but will
the South get tho fortune? Not
much. The capital to operate
the machine had to be sought
in the North, and there the
cream of the plant will go.
That is only one iustance,
there are thousands like it.
There was right here in Tern
pie capital enough to have de-
veloped the machine, but they
preferred to dodge the usury
laws and fleece the ueedy.
Plaia talk? yes, but who can
deny ii? What the people of
the South want to quit doing
is finding a place to float her
bonds.
Messrs. Moore and Stephens
are prosecuting a suit by way
of testing the restraint necessa-
ry to enable stock men to drive
their cattle through the streets.
It seems that these gentlemen
were driving a lot of cattle
through the town and had no
more than three head of cattle
to each man, and some of the
cattle broxe away and before
the drivers could corral them
the cow catcher had put ropes
on them and was in a position
to claim pound fees. It is not
believed that the intention of
the law is to make it next to
impossible to pass through
The story is told of a young married wo-
man, who asked another young married
woman how she managed to get along so
amicably with her husband. The answer
was, “ I feed the brute—his stomach with
food and his mind with flattery.” Even a
man will have to admit that this young wo-
man had solved about two-thirds of the art
of making the average man happy. The
other third consists of keeping his body in
such condition that he will enjoy his food
and his mind in such condition that he will
be susceptible to flattery. It isn’t much use
to put tempting food before a man who
hasn’t an appetite. It doesn’t pay to lavish
smiles on a man whose nerves are racked
and overworked.
The average man pays very little attention
to his health, and won’t take medicine of
his own accord until he is flat on his back.
A shrewd wife will keep an eye on her hus-
band’s welfare in this respect, and when
she sees that he is bilious or suffering from
indigestion, or is generally out of sorts, will
see that he resorts to that most wonderful
of all invlgorators, nr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery. It is the best of all
appetite - sharpeners, blood - makers and
flesh-builders. It corrects all disorders of
the digestion and makes the liver active
and the'blood pure. It tones the nerves
and cures all cases of nervous exhaustion
and prostration. It cures 98 per cent, of all
cases of consumption, bronchial, throat and
kindred ailments. Medicine dealers sell it.
Mrs. Rebecca F. Gardner, of Grafton, York Co.,
Va„ writes: " I was so sick with dyspepsia that I
could not eat anything for over four months. I
thought I was going to die. I weighed only 80
pounds. 1 took two bottles of the ‘ Golden Med-
ical Discovery.’ 1 am now as well as ever and
weigh 125 pounds."
For constipation — Dr. Pierce’s Pellets.
paralyzed and its locomotion town with cattle. Common
cut off. Yet eyeryone claims
to be anxious for good to pre-
vail and desirous of promoting
the best interests of society.
Their actions are the reverse.
They cripple good by depriving
it of locomotion, but they put
spurs on the bearer ot evil news,
and if he is faint they willingly been paid, would
take up the responsibility of
propagating the report; if it be
an evil one, the more readily
do they take it up. If the peo-
ple of Temple would consider
the truth of these statements
they would throw a wet blan-
ket over the silly acts of many
persons that are flying from
these winged and sparred re-
ports that laok veritycation.
The Largest Stock
Lowest Prices
Means Money saved to our trade and customers for us. Never Deiore have we been in
such shape to meet the wants of the trade and make prices that do as much talking for us
—DOMESTICS.—
A good Bleached Dcmpstc, no
starch, 1 vard wide, at 4 cents.
A little better grade, at 5 cents.
A 8till better grade at 6 cents.
Lonsdale and Fruit of the Loom
at 61 cents.
-BROWN DOMESTIDS -
At 5 cents we are selling a Brown
Domestic good enough for all pur-
poses.
—SHEETINGS.—>
10 4 Sheeting in bleached
anti
—DRESS GOODS-
Our Dress Goods supremacy has
long been acknowledged. If you
want the newest, come to us.
Every new weave in woolen and
silk fabrics is represented here in
this stock, with trimmings, linings
and everything to complete the suit.
Dress Patterns, only one of a
LADIES CLOAKS AND SUITS.
Our Cloak stock this season has
many new and attractive features,
besides the fascination of the low
prices we are making.
Our prices on capes run from $1.60
to $20.00 and we have a special price
kind, thus assuring you that every ! on a Plush Cape, fancy lining, at
one in your neighborhood will nor j $3.25 that must be a ready seller.
have a dress like you.
COTTON AND WASH DRESS
GOODS.
brown. 15 to 22} cents. These goods | Our line of Flannelettes and Out-
are below competing prices. j ings are prettier this season than
ever before, they need no talk to
Eyery now and then we hear
southern papers complaining
about the lack of appreciation
on the part of northern people
with reference to the enterprise,
push and ability of the Sonth.
So far as we are concerned, we
are glad they do not appreciate
the advantages. We know
when they do wake up to a re-
alization of the resources of the
South they will be down here
with their accumulated pension
money, to pick up the finest
opportunities to be found m
the United States. We are not
opposed to development, no,but
we want the benefits along with
the development. We have
right in Temple some living ex-
amples of men who had oppor-
tunities and who shouted them-
selves out of breath and out of
opportunities trying to get
Temple developed. Grow?
Well, yes, but the growth was
all to the fellow that came in
and utilized its growth, and the
men that were most concerned
in getting help to pick these
berries are to day not in it.
The same thihg is true of the
South. There are glorious op-
portunities here, but even now
the weight of immigration is
sense would not place each a
construction on it and certainly
we are not yet past the high
water mark of common sense.
Tha same construction of law
that would warrant the deten
tion of cattle that had thus
broken away until a fee had
warrant the
bolding of a horse that had
snapped his rope or jerked
loose from his owner, for it
might be argued that the rope
should have been stronger or
the man should be able to hold
his horse. The law doe3 not
contemplate any such construc-
tion, nor do we belieye that the
people would submit to it. The
object 01 the law is to keep
people from turning their stock
loose or permitting them to re-
main loose an unreaeonable
time after they have liberated
themselves by any means.
When the strict letter of a law
is made use of tor spite or plef
it becomes odious and its en
forcement next to impossible.
It has been truly said that
“the first gleam of hope that
comes to an individual or
class, when overtaken by
great calamity, is when that
individual or class realizes the
full extent of his misfortune,
has calmly surveyed the con
dition of things and recog-
nized them as facts, certain
ties that can not be longer
denied, but must be faced
and made the best of.” In
view of this statement, it may
be claimed that we have not
yet a gleam of hope, for wt
do not tally realize the extent
of our misfortunes this year.
We feel that an awful calam-
ity has overtaken us in the
shape ot perfidious dealing of
the Santa Fe, drouth and
hail storms, and, finally, un-
warranted blockading of the
channels of commerce and
the consequent paralysis of
trade through false and
thoughtless reports of yellow
fever, but we do not yet real-
ize the full extent of this mis-
fortune. It is too far-reach-
ing, too wide-spread and too
complicated to be easily grasp-
ed or fully comprehended.
- 10,000 PIECES—
of the best grades of Calico, Indi-
go Blue, Oil Reds, Silver Grays, all
at one price, 5 cents.
—COTTON FLANNELS—
Best bleached and brown, we are
selling about, 10 per cent belov the
market price; compare our goods at
the Drices and see if we do not offer
a better cloth for the money than
any one else.
sell them, but sell on sight. OUR
GRADES.
Our price 7}c, Compctitors’’price 8}
“ 8ic, “ “ 10
“ “luc, “ “ 121
“ “ 121c. “ “ 15
“ “15 c, " “16 2-3
The first time voa are in, notice
this and see if THE ABOVE aRE
NOT FACTS.
We
Jackets will be worn considerably
this season and we are showing some
very nobby things.
MENS CLOTHING.
We are carrying a sample line of
our Dallas stock, showing their en-
tire stock, thus placing at your die*
posal the largest Clothing stock in
Texas to select from. Our $7.50 A
$10.00 suits are exceptionally strong
—A Bargain in Dress Uoods:
wan t to sho w you a line of half wool I also and an lospection df
goods worth 10 and 15cts that we
are selling at 5 cent; wlU surprise you.
SHOES, SHOES!
We carry the sample line of Shoes
this line
We are prepared for the largest Fall Trade we have ever bad. We have the goods,
and are making the prices, the balance rests with you. If you are trying to protect your
own interest, you will see our stock before making your Fall purchases. Lookers to day
may be buyers tomorrow, so we like to show goods whether you are ready to buy or not.
If you have a few minutes to spare, drop in and see us and we will entertain you pleasant-
ly and profitably.
R SANGER .
TE1yipLE,
TEXAS.
We notice in the Constitution
a column dHvoted to telling
what the negro is doing. If
you want to know right bad,
yon can stand guard at your
hen house or read specials in
any northern paper.
October
Now that science has discov-
ered the whale, fish or shark
that is able to swallow a man
without mutilating him, the
men of science and ofsense will
hush up tUeir rot about the
conflict between science and the
Bible, it would seem that their
conflict is and has always been
in their ignorance of facts. This
shark or whale has been known
to swallow a horse without mu-
tilating him in any way, and
the question of disposing of a
man is no longer unscientific.
Many men who haye no bus-
iness and are in hard paths are
anxious to have company on
their journey and are therefore
willing to lend aid in scatter-
ing any kind of report that will
destroy what little business the
country might afford. It is the
part of wisdom to weigh well
Governor Atkinson, of West
Virginia, has the most perplex-
ing problem to solve ever pre-
sented to anv executive in this
country. His wife is under in-
dictment for forging receipts
and letters by which the heirs
of Judge Camden have been de-
frauded of the amounts left to
them by will. The evidence is
strong enough to convict and
the penalty would be imprison-
ment in the state prison for
not less than fiye years. Gov
Atkinson can violate his oath
of office and naidon his wife;
the question is, will he do so?
It would be difficult to imagine
a more trying position. Love
and duty are on opposite sides.
Which would you yield to?
The Houston Board of
Health met Wednesday in
consultation and after a full
discussion of the situation
the cases that had
The New York Post, the staunch-1
est ot the republican journals, warns
the Hanna brawlers who are work-
ing the prosperity boom so tremen-
dously just now of the dangers that
this boomerang argument may pro-
duce next year upon the congres-
sional elections, when with good
crops abroad, the price ot wheat de-
clines, wool does not rise as it
should, and there are strikes and
men everywhere out of employment
The rise in the price of potatoes
has been caused by the shortness of
the crop and the fact that there will
be a foreign demand. It is expected
by the commission merchant that
thousands of bushels will be shipped
to Ireland and to other European
countries. Dealers expect that
prices will rise even higher before
the coming ot Christmas. Scotland
usually exports potatoes to this
country, but this year there will be
a market in Ireland for all they can
produce and consequently none will
arrive from the land of “Bobby”
Burns.
First!
Is when all merchants have lots of paper to meet.
The general land office has just re-
ceived information that the suryey
of the Blackfeet Indian reservation
in Montana is completed. The res-
ervation is now ready to be thrown
open to settlement as soon as the
reports can be prepared and ap-
proved by the Interior Department,
been | which Commissioner Hermann says
Hous- be wiGnn *he next ninety days.
The lands will be subject to entry
any report
over it.
called yellow fever at
ton, the Board passed resold- ‘"'““T ” T'””" ““I
.. ’ . . only under the mining laws, and
tious denying the existence , .Hermann calls attention to the
of the disease in Houston and j fact that the original provision giv-
denyillg that any case had ing those who have already located
been in Houston this year. mining claims the right to hold
_ j them tor ninety days has been re-
The Los Angelos Timeu say s: j P°a,ed _____
Pasadena had a wood-sawing con-
test on Admission day which made
a hit. What a lovely thing it would
be for the ladies to get up a large
say nothing contest. It would draw
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of my customers have responded nicely, but
there are a great many who haven’t paid a cent yet. I
can’t live on “stand offs” or “put offs,” and “wait on
me”dont pay my bills. I’ve got to have money and if
You Owe Me,
before going wild [ a crowdi as a rnortga£5' flflBS IUUJP* Sflull,
est and loss of sleep.
Could Not Agree.
Waco, Tex., Oct. 12.—Tho jury in
the case of Prof. G, L. Russell, the
aged school teacher, charged with
attempting to commit criminal as-
You are the Man I am Hitting at!
Come in early and keep peace in the family.
Respectfully,
H. L. SHERRILL*
Wood, Coal and Peed
For the Spot Cash and at Spot
These are my hobbies now, and
any or all of them just call for
Cash Prices,
if you want
G. B. SIMSNK
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Crow, J. D. The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1897, newspaper, October 15, 1897; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584692/m1/4/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Bell+County%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.